Our latest investment is a 3/2 home which backs to a "lake" (aka a man-made channel).  Behind our wire back fence is a hiking path and then the water.  We have a small yard.  Rental comps are $1050-1100, but we're hop...

I'm planning to meet with a potential seller who's father passed away recently. I see the home is in the father's name - not a trust - so I'm assuming probabe might be needed to transfer title. Would you try and get a...

Hi All,I have both a self directed traditional IRA and Roth IRA. I'm wondering if it is possible for my annual contribution to move assets from the traditional to the Roth rather than contributing new money to the Rot...

I have a little nest egg in my traditional 401K that I have through working a W2. I now would like to lend money to myself to be a down payment on a flip. I've read up and think that a Solo self-directed 401k would be...

I'm a few weeks from finishing a unit (almost a complete gut job, took longer than I'd planned!).  Should I just wait till it's completely finished to start advertising on Realtor, Zillow, etc?  I want to include phot...

We are about to close on several properties in Oklahoma. They are REO and some are vacant and some have tenants. We have knocked doors to be proactive and attempt to get them to sign a short lease ( No security deposi...

I have an old triplex with laundry for tenants in the basement. The basement steps are pretty steep and also have low headroom.   If a tenant were to get injured on the staircase, would I be liable for the injury? Is ...

Hello BP!  This is a question coming from a real estate brokerage that sells investment properties.   Some people would call us a "turnkey provider".    anyways, this topic has come up many times in office meetings ( ...

I have read and heard about using a self directed retirement account to invest in real estate. I have a self directed IRA in a brokerage account. What steps would I need to take to use that money for REI?

Hi everyone, I am an undergraduate student from Singapore and I am relatively new to real estate investing (I have only been reading real-estate/business books and listening to biggerpockets podcast for the past one m...